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Barberry

Berberis vulgaris

163Records since 2000
MayPeak month
31Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar1
Apr7
May30
Jun22
Jul14
Aug21
Sep21
Oct8
Nov5
Dec1

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England30
2North Yorkshire England14
3Norfolk England6
4Suffolk England5
5Peterborough England5
6Cambridgeshire England4
7Telford and Wrekin England4
8City of Edinburgh Scotland3
9Northamptonshire England3
10East Lothian Scotland3
11Highland Scotland2
12Devon England2
13Gloucestershire England2
14Powys Wales2
15Ceredigion Wales2
143 England12 Scotland3 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 31 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
163
Peak month
May
Counties with records
31
Scientific name
Berberis vulgaris
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,790
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Family
Berberidaceae
Genus
Berberis
Name with authority
Berberis vulgaris L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158563 · GBIF 3033894